diff --git a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InitializeHostSettingsStep.cs b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InitializeHostSettingsStep.cs
index 71c207de369..8bfd8a4fd95 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InitializeHostSettingsStep.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InitializeHostSettingsStep.cs	
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 using DotNetNuke.Common;
 using DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities;
 using DotNetNuke.Entities.Controllers;
+using DotNetNuke.Entities.Users;
 using DotNetNuke.Services.FileSystem;
 using DotNetNuke.Services.Upgrade.Internals;
 using DotNetNuke.Services.Upgrade.Internals.Steps;
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ public override void Execute()
             Details = Localization.Localization.GetString("InitHostSetting", LocalInstallResourceFile);
             var installConfig = InstallController.Instance.GetInstallConfig();
 
+            //if any super user (even deleted) is found - exit
+            var superUsers = UserController.GetUsers(true, true, Null.NullInteger);
+            if (superUsers != null && superUsers.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Details = "...";
+                Status = StepStatus.Done;
+                return;
+            }
+
             //Need to clear the cache to pick up new HostSettings from the SQLDataProvider script
             DataCache.RemoveCache(DataCache.HostSettingsCacheKey);
 
diff --git a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InstallSuperUserStep.cs b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InstallSuperUserStep.cs
index b83ce41408d..ed53639e2c9 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InstallSuperUserStep.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Internals/Steps/InstallSuperUserStep.cs	
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ public override void Execute()
             Details = Localization.Localization.GetString("CreateSuperUser", LocalInstallResourceFile);
             var installConfig = InstallController.Instance.GetInstallConfig();
 
+            //if any super user (even deleted) is found - exit
+            var superUsers = UserController.GetUsers(true, true, Null.NullInteger);
+            if (superUsers != null && superUsers.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Details = "...";
+                Status = StepStatus.Done;
+                return;
+            }
+
             //Set admin user to be a superuser
             var adminSuperUser = UserController.GetUserByName(0, installConfig.SuperUser.UserName);
             if (adminSuperUser != null)
diff --git a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Upgrade.cs b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Upgrade.cs
index cf1a27024ff..d5826ceccdd 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Upgrade.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Library/Services/Upgrade/Upgrade.cs	
@@ -4095,7 +4095,21 @@ public static string CheckUpgrade()
         /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         public static void DeleteInstallerFiles()
         {
-            var files = new List<string> {"DotNetNuke.install.config", "InstallWizard.aspx", "InstallWizard.aspx.cs"};
+            var files = new List<string>
+            {
+                "DotNetNuke.install.config",
+                "DotNetNuke.install.config.resources",
+                "InstallWizard.aspx",
+                "InstallWizard.aspx.cs",
+                "InstallWizard.aspx.designer.cs",
+                "UpgradeWizard.aspx",
+                "UpgradeWizard.aspx.cs",
+                "UpgradeWizard.aspx.designer.cs",
+                "Install.aspx",
+                "Install.aspx.cs",
+                "Install.aspx.designer.cs",
+            };
+
             foreach (var file in files)
             {
                 try
@@ -4661,9 +4675,14 @@ public static void InstallDNN(string strProviderPath)
                 // parse Host Settings if available
                 InitialiseHostSettings(xmlDoc, true);
 
-                // parse SuperUser if Available
-                UserInfo superUser = GetSuperUser(xmlDoc, true);
-                UserController.CreateUser(ref superUser);
+                //Create SuperUser only when it's not there (even soft deleted)
+                var superUsers = UserController.GetUsers(true, true, Null.NullInteger);
+                if (superUsers == null || superUsers.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    // parse SuperUser if Available
+                    UserInfo superUser = GetSuperUser(xmlDoc, true);
+                    UserController.CreateUser(ref superUser);
+                }
 
                 // parse File List if available
                 InstallFiles(xmlDoc, true);
diff --git a/DNN Platform/Website/Install/InstallWizard.aspx.cs b/DNN Platform/Website/Install/InstallWizard.aspx.cs
index b87ca2e40ef..cf800493a7d 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Website/Install/InstallWizard.aspx.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Website/Install/InstallWizard.aspx.cs	
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ private static void LaunchAutoInstall()
         private static void Install()
         {
             //bail out early if we are already running
-            if (_installerRunning || InstallBlocker.Instance.IsInstallInProgress())
+            if (_installerRunning || InstallBlocker.Instance.IsInstallInProgress() || (Globals.Status != Globals.UpgradeStatus.Install))
                 return;
 
             var percentForEachStep = 100 / _steps.Count;